Yinjaa-Barni Art

Pilbara Wildflowers I paint my country in my own style. We have so many beautiful flowers that are watered by the rains. The Pilbara is a place of many beautiful colours.

Jammi on the Riverbank This artwork has the riverbank of Millstream. It’s a tropical oasis where we like to go swimming there, fishing and spending time with family. Along the Riverbank I’ve painted the bush flower medicine called Jammi. It’s used for sores and cuts and scratches. You boil the Read more…

Murujuga- Campsites of the Yaburara Tribe This is the site where the Yaburara Tribe used to camp in Murujuga. We ars Yindjibarndi people look after this place now because the Yaburara people are no longer here.

The Murujuga Office This is a site at Murujuga. This is where the office is and we as Yinjibarndi people, we look after this place now.

Gathering Place This line in the middle is the Ngurin River which runs through Roebourne. It is a life recource. There are two tribes on either side. Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi coming together at one Ngurin River.

Layers of Earth and Ochre Ochre glows, it shows itself, waiting for me to discover its magic and beauty.

Claypan This painting shows the clay pan of the pilbara from an aerial perspective.

Pilbara Region This is a painting of the Claypan Wattle when it is ripe, but it’s poisonous. This shrub starts off as a light green colour and then, as it matures, it gets darker. The flowers are a yellowy orange and also get darker with a bit of black as Read more…

Rock Art This place is where the poeple went hunting for food. They knew that there they could find Stingray, Dugong and Turtle. This place is Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara.